Bracket-hook.



ERNEST A. GRAHAM., oF BAR' uAi'tBoR, "MAINE, VAssrGN'on 'oFo'NE-THIRD ToFRANK M. GRAHAM AND ONE-THIRD T0 Lizzi'E N. FORD, or BAR.

' HARBOR, 'MAINE Specication of Letters Patent. Appliquees am April als,190s. Vanni No., 251,919.

Patenten march eo, 190e.

i To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that .1',EnNns'r A: GRAHAM', a'

l lcitizen ofthe' United States, residing at Bar Harbor, in the countyof Hancock and State of Maine, haveinvented a new. andfusefulBracket-Hook, of which the 'following' is a specification.

This 'invention-l relates to brackets-hooks, and has for itsobject tosimplify and improve the construction and roduce a device of this.

class' re uiring no hol screws or nails rand which tgill not mar ordipsigure the woodwork to which it is attached.

With these and other objects inview, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the saine consists 1n eerv afterfully described and claimed..

In the accompanying tainl novel features of construction ashereinaracters, is illustrated the preferred form ofthe embodiment ofthe invention capable of. carrying the same into practical operation, itbeing understood that the invention v is not necessarily limitedthereto, as variousA changes in the shape, proportions, and generalassembla e4 ofthe arts may be resorted to without epartin rom` theprinciple of the invention or sac cing any of its advantages.

In. the drawings thus employed, Figure V`1 is a side elevation of theimproveddevice-ap-f plied. Fig.

2 is a perspective view of tlie im-v roved device detached. Fig. 3 is aview similarto Fig. 1, illustrating a modified form of the device.

l over a supporting structure and the other end 1 2 for bearing againstthe supporting' the fol ment-support, as represente -The improved"vdevice .comprises a metal bar of suitable strength for folding togethercentrally and bent into a4 hook, as at 10, at

and with-the ends divergirig, one end bent into a hook, as at 11, forengaging structure.

'The device ma be employed for' a variety urpo'ses-suc ,for instance',as a curtaine bracket', as shown m 1, eras a ar-v inFig. 3. W en as acurtain -1 pole bracket,l the of P0 em loye hoo ed end 1 1 be engagedover the upper 7 .member of the casing, represented at13, While the end1 2 bear against the casing' .ing

drawings, yforming a' part of this specification, and inwliich corre--splonding-parts are denoted by like designating c I guards or ti.according will be subjected, and for the purpose of illus- A foldedportion. 10. '.When employed as a garment-support, the hooked end 11will be engaged over a strip `14, attached to a wall,

at lower vpoint and vserve as a brace to the ss g as at 15-as,forinstance`,the wall of. a closet or other apartment-with the end 12bearing against the strip at a lower point.

The bar may beof fiat form, s in Fi s. 1

and 2,v or of Wire, as in Fig. 3; but inQ oth forms the hook tivelysharp be forced into its seat between the casing ortion 411 is thin .andrela- '(represented at 13) and the ,plaster (represented at 15)'With011tdisturbing the relative position of the parts- 13 or 15 or marring ordisguring to-perrnit theY insertion ofthe thin blade-like either. Theplaster and the cas-I Will mutually yield to a sufficient extent 5 at te terminal, so that it' may .portion 1 1 ofthe bracket and will firmlyhold the same without the .necessity for screws, nails, or vlikefastenings.;

. i When the device is constructed from a fiat plate or band-likemetal,as in Figs. 1 and 2,

the hooked ortion 1`1 willbe formed of tlievice is formed of wire; asinFig. 3, the portion 114 will be form'ed by` flattening the material,.andthus increasing its width at the terminal. By this means a relativelybroad bearingsurface'is producedat the terminal f ortion'11,.which addsmaterially to of the'V full width'o the material, and whenthe detlie staility of the'devce and effectually .prevents lateral or swaying movementbetween the parts yand withoutf increase in.

weillit or expense; of construction.

e` ends' 12 are provided' with flexible s of rubber, felt, or vthe like,as at 16,- to avoi marring theA woodwork against 'The bar fromwhich'thedevice is con-- structed may be 'of any required sha intransverse section and of an require size,

to the'strains tow 'cli the device tration the vdevice is 'shown' ormedof a iiat 3 and 4; utother shapes maybe employed,

referred.

. 1 and 2 and roundwire, asin Figs.

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a thusdescribed the invention, what e a pole-sulvorting loop at the foldand with y that I claim the foregoing as the arms verging wlth theterminal of one` my own I have hereto aixed my signature arm bentdownwardly and nttened for enin the presence of two witnesses. teringbetween` the plastering and the sup- ERNEST A. GRAHAM.

' 5 port and the terminal of the other arm ex- Witnees: tended for uponthe supportv at a. A. H. LYNAM, lower point.

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